The old baker on 5th Street told me to stop proofing by the clock and feel the dough instead

Adam Hernandez · 2026-09-30T06:40:02.154207+00:00

I was 22 and burning every batch of rolls at my first shop job in Toledo, and she just pressed my hand into the dough and said it should spring back like a mattress. Twenty years later I still can't set a timer without thinking about her hands.

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